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Emperors New Clothes
Do you remember the story of the Emperors new clothes?
Oh too bad they could not be seen.
I think in the church today we have some of the same clothing.
Having put off the old, we are to put on the new, but is the new seen?
Old put off when we were baptized (Col2:11-12)
Issued new clothing as prophesied by Isaiah (Isa61:10)
Look at the garb mentioned, clothed with garments of salvation, wrapped in robe of righteousness!
And commanded in Romans (Rom13:14)
We are to put on the Lord; and we did when we were baptized. . .
Encouraged to do in Ephesians (Eph4:24)
Put on the new self, who is in the likeness of God! (expand)
Somethings are better old than new.
old pair of comfy jeans
Maybe that favorite sweater with even a hole in it now
Or a certain pair of shoes.
But other things are not good old.
Old wine skin for new wine (Mk2:18-22)
So as a Christian who is born again (Jn3:5) water/Spirit we put off the old man, and a new man is born (2Cor5:17); so today want to look at the new clothing for the new man.
The grace of Christ (vv.12-14)
Peace of Christ (v.15)
The Word of Christ (v.16)
The name of Christ (v.17)
I. Put on Grace of Christ
God’s grace given through the blood of Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit when our sins were forgiven.
God’s grace, God’s favor on the undeserving sinner.
Because He loves us (Col3:12; Deu7:7-8).
Chosen because of His love; it was not anything we did, but because of His own love towards us just as He displayed to Israel.
They were God’s chosen people to bring the Messiah, now we are God’s chosen people loved to bring the message!
Chosen before the foundation of the world
God set us apart (v.12)
To be set apart means to be holy.
We heard the message, believed the message and obeyed it by trusting Him, we then are set apart from the world.
We are not our own.
(1COr6:19-20)
We belong to God through Christ exclusively.
Just like a wedding and marriage today it is to be exclusive to each other.
He set us apart as His bride!
When an unbeliever sins he is breaking the law of the Creator, but when a Christian sins he is breaking the heart of the Creator.
Which is worse?
Love is the strongest motivating power in the world.
As our love for God grows so will our desire to obey Him and to walk in the newness of life (Rom6:4)
He loved us first and sent His Son and through the Son we have
God has given us forgiveness of sins (vv.13-14;
Col2:13; Eph4:32)
Think back to Col2:13
Forgiven all our transgressions, trespasses, sins.
He is able to forgive us due to the sacrifice on the cross.
Christ forgave us, so we too need to forgive, but more to come on that another time.
To sum this part up we are CHOSEN BY GOD; SET PART BY GOD; LOVED BY GOD and FORGIVEN BY GOD = Grace of God
I mentioned with blessings come responsibility; now let us look at some of those things we put on as our new wardrobe.
Heart of compassion (or in other words, tender mercies) see Mt9:6, 12:7, 14:14 and 15:32)
compassion starts with pity, but it’s more, pity is the feeling of sorrow and compassion is caused by the suffering and misfortune of others.
Compassion is what Jesus had.
Do we have a heart of compassion?
Have we put on tender mercies?
You can look at Php2:1ff for a good description too.
It is not something we turn on and off.
It is something that is deep in our soul and part of us as a Christian and we develop it more and more in our transformation process.
Kindness - God’s kindness shown to us; we show to others (Eph2:7; Tit3:4; Eph4:32)
God’s kindness was shown to us
shown to us in Christ Jesus
So now we have it in us when we accepted Him so that we may show it to others
(insert story of Mephibosheth from 2Sam9 here) (insert slide Mephibosheth; already saved on computer)
David looked for someone in Saul’s family, if any were left, to bless, and they found Ziba the maidservant who hid Mephiboseth who was the child prince of Saul who was not killed with the rest of the family was killed.
It’s a great story of compassion and kindness and it would be worth it to take the time to read it and then apply to others.
Humility (humbleness) - having the right mind with right attitude (Php2:1ff; Mic6:8; Rom12:3)
Humility was not a common quality in the days of Paul, in fact the Greeks looked at it as a weakness.
Having the mind of humility is not thinking less of yourself it is having the right, or proper, estimate of oneself in the will of God.
You can see Jesus example in Php2:1ff, but now look at what God looks for, what God requires:
and what Paul said to the church in Rome.
The person with the attitude of humility, who is humble not only has the right perspective of self, but has the right perspective of others and looks out for them before himself.
Gentleness (aka: meekness)
Meekness is not weakness; it is power under control.
Like a soothing wind, a healing medicine or a broken colt.
In each there is great power, a soothing wind could be a destructive storm; too much medicine can be a killer an unbroken horse can break free.
Longsuffering (long-temper) - do not retaliate when done wrong, or persecuted (Mt5:10-12; )
The person who is long suffering, like God is long suffering
What a great quality to have, but not an easy quality to posses is it?
bearing with one another- to bear each others burdens (Gal6:1-2)
In other versions in (v.13) it says forbearance
To forbear is to “hold up or to hold back” God is forbearing towards sinners, he holds back His judgment
so maybe you can see that meekness, long-suffering and forbearance go together.
and now that brings us to
Forgiveness - this is the heart of of the gospel (Mt6:14-15)
Our new wardrobe in Christ we learn to endure grief and provocation, and we refuse to retaliate and not repay evil with evil (Rom12:17); we must also forgive (Mt6:14-15).
Forgiven people forgive
This now brings us to the unity, the perfect bond, the thing that holds it all together.
Love - the perfect bond of unity (v.14; 1Cor12:31, 13:4-6)
Love is the perfect bond of perfection.
It is the more excellent way
and can’t stop there for we know
love never fails!
Our new wardrobe is held together, bound up, covered in love.
When love rules in our lives, it unites all these spiritual virtues (graces) so that there is beauty and harmony, proving spiritual maturity.
Now there is a shift from the character of the new wardrobe to the conduct when wearing the new wardrobe.
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The peace of Christ
When we received the free gift of grace, our salvation we had made peace with God (Rom5:1) and the peace of God now brings us the peace of Christ to rule in our hearts.
How can we, as Christians know when we are acting within the will of God and not desire?
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